Pocket communion set.



P. TANGJERD.

I POCKET GOMMUNION SET.

I v APPLICATION FILED APBJ, 1913.

1 ,082,7 1 O Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

PEDER TANGJERD, 0F EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

POCKET COMMUNION SET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 7, 1913.

Patented Dec. 39, 1913. Serial No. 759,559.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PEDER TANGJERD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Pocket Communion Set to be Used in Administering the Sacrament of the Holy Supper to Sick and Old People in Homes and Hospitals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in communion sets and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character of a simple and convenient nature having means of a novel and improved character whereby the same may be compacted with convenience whereby the sacrament may be administered wherever the occasion may require.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less eX- pensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a communion set, constructed in accordance with my invention, assembled to aflord a chalice or cup. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective illustrating a plate included within my set, as herein embodied; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through .my improved communion set when compacted and in con dition for transportation.

As herein disclosed, a denotes a hollow body of suitable configuration and size adapted to serve as a flask to contain the wine to be administered and having its upper portion 6 reduced to afford a neck adapted to receive the stem f produced on the cup member 9, such cup member being of any desired capacity and having its greatest diameter substantially equal to the greatest diameter of the flask body a. As disclosed particularly in Fig. 3, the stem f of the cup 9 is adapted to serve as a closure member for the flask body a and is freely insertible therein, although it is to be understood that a threaded engagement may be had between such parts if desired.

Included in my improved set is the plate member 0 adapted to be employed for holding the wafers generally employed in the administration of the sacrament and is of any desired size and is provided with the pedestal portion at integrally produced therewith and for a purpose which is believed to be self-evident. The body of the plate 0 is provided with a marginal flange or bead 0 which is adapted to overlap and contact with the marginal portion of the bowl or cup 9 and to position such plate within the bowl when it is desired to compact my improved set for transportation and as particularly illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein it will be observed that the height of the plate 0 and its pedestal m is less than the depth of the bowl of the cup so that the same may be inserted therein with convenience. It is also to be observed that the base or closed end of the flask a is provided with an annular flange 3) adapted to serve as a stop for the case (Z into which the flask a, cup 9 and plate 0 are adapted to be inclosed for convenience of transportation, and, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the greater diameter of the flask a and of the cup 9 being such as to cause such members to frictionally engage the inner surfaces of the case whereby the same will be held against accidental separation. It is also to be observed that the flange p assures a proper sealing of the open end of the case (Z whereby the ingress of dust or other foreign substances within the casing is prevented and thereby assuring the maintenance of the cup and plate in a sanitary condition.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself as to the material from which the several parts included in the invention may be formed but I prefer that they, and especially the case, be of metal so as to permit the same being sterilized whereby it will be perceived that the device is of a sanitary character.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a communion set constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be employed for administering the sacrament under all conditions and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described including a chalice composed of two parts, one of such parts being a hollow body provided with a discharge opening and adapted to serve as a container, and the second of such parts serving as a cup and being provided with a stem detachably connected to the opening of the first member to close the same.

2. A device of the character described including a chalice composed of separable parts, one of such parts serving as a container and the other as a cup, a plate member provided with a marginal flange adapt ed to support the plate within the cup member and an inclosing case for such parts adapted to detachably engage the members of the chalice, one of such members being provided with a marginal flange overlapping the walls of the open end portion of the casing.

PEDER TANGJERD. .Vitnesses J. GAUs'rAD, GURINE GAUSTAD.

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